Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-04-28
HERALD AND TRIBUNE.
JoNEsBoRo. TENN. APRIL IS. 1887
]. Hunt is in Knoxville.

-. y. NUM- is IN hnOXVille.
Mrs. s. B. Cunningham is quite i'll.
-Robt. Dosser has been on the sick
list for the past week.
Just received. another lot Of old
Brandy from N. G. B. F. 0'BRIEN.
DIR. j. A. PIERCE has gone on q bust.
ness trip to North Carolina.
Russell r. johnson is up from Knox
vile for a short visit to relatives.
Mrs. L. E. Gosnell has returned from
her visit to relatives in Arkansas.
-Nath. Peoples says he enjoyed Sun
day exceedingly. He spent the day at
Greeneville.
Matt. Fink oficiated as book. keeper
at the bank during the absence of cashier
Mathes last week.
The Sunday schools Of Jonesboor
will have a picnic in Reeves Grove
Thursday, May 20.
Mrs. Jennie, widow of the late Judge
Robert Mcfarland, died at Morristown
last Friday night.
Mrs Chas Patton, of Elk Park. N @.
is visiting the family Of her husbands
father, R D Patton.
Professors Collie and Clemens. Of
Tusculum College, made our town a short
visit last Saturday.
e. w. Bolinger has moved into the
house until recently the residence of
Judge A. j. Brown.
Col. T. H. Reeves, was confined at
home by sickness several days last week.
W. are pleased to see him out again.
j. A. T. Bacon has been appointed
Recorder Of the taxing district Of Jones
boro, vice, George N. Grisham, resigned.
"A certain teacher sent to the pub.
Usher for q key to his arithmetic; the
publisher replied, ut has no key, its a
stem winder."
Go to B. F. O'Brien's for pure N. G.
Apple Brandy and Corn Whiskey.
Horace Lady, of Nolachucky. who
has charge of the Grcencville Tobacco
Warehouse, was in town Tuesday calling
on his Jonesboro friends.
Joe. Brown, Of Chattanooga, came
up Monday evening, on q short visit to
his mother, Mrs. James Brown, and
other relatives in this place.
The inner walls of the freight.house
at this place have been much improved
in appearance by the application thereto
of a lime and water mixture.
Between twenty five and thirty of
our citizens attended the Odd Fellows
celebration at johnson City Tuesday
last. They report a pleasant time.
-Messrs. John and George Allison,
who came home from Nashville last week
to attend the funeral of their mother,
have returned to their posts of duty.
Miss Rosa Witt, daughter Of P.
Witt, of near Conkling, who had been at
school at Messy Creek, died there and
was brought home Monday and buried
at New Salem.
Mrs. F. w. Earnest has been in Alb
ingdon, Va, for the past week attending
her daughter, Miss Carrie, who has been
quite sick. We arc glad TO learn that
Miss Earnest is much better.
The youngest child Of Mr.. Reese
Thomas, who has been lying SO sick at
the home Of Mrs. Thomas's father in
! Greene county, we are pleased to report.
is out Of danger and mending fast.
DIR. VIM. Smith arrived in town Sun
day from Seffner, Fla. where he has been
residing for some time. Mr.. Smith will
probably locate In town. open a dental
Office and become a permanent resident.
John Presnell, father of Prof. H.
Presnell, died last Thursday at his
home in the second district, and was bur.
led at Washington College. He was over
10 years old and a highly esteemed and
respected citizen of the county.
Harvey Chase, a well known citizen
of this county, who lived about foul
miles northwest of Jonesboro. died Tues
day last. Mr.. Chase was a leading mem
Der of the Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church
and u prominent man in his n~eighborhood
The celebrated historian. Geo. Ban
croft. passed through Jonesboro on Sun
day evenings train, on his way home t
Washington, d. c., from Nashville. Sew
cral Of our citizens waited on the old gen
tleman during the fifteen minutes tn
train stopped for supper. +,
We acknowledge an invitation, will
the compliments of Mr.. ]. e. Oliver, Il
attend the 18th annual entertainment o
the Philomathesn Literary Society o.
Grant Memorial University at Athens
Tenn, to be given at the university chape
on the evening Of April 20.
just as we go to press, information
reaches us that the Embreeville property
is being surveyed by surveyors suppose,
to be employed by parties who contem
plate lis purchase and improvement. l
this property should be sold and devel
oped 1t would make a boom for Jones
boro.
The East Tennessee Hospital for tn
Insane is fully differed and equippe'
for service and there is room for man
more patients than they have. 1t is
little surprising that the friends Of thos
who are sufferino from mental disorder